It always feels good when hard work pays off — it’s even more fun when fellow PR and journalism pros take notice. While awards are not the reason why we do what we do, a pat on the back (or nine 🤩🏆) sure feels nice. We’re bursting with pride that numerous client partnerships garnered accolades […]
Six months in, Sina shares highlights of his Intesa experience
My experience at Intesa has been an amazing start of my career journey in public relations. I’m excited that it has turned out to be the positive and rewarding experience I expected it to be when I started in May. Prior to diving into my role, I anticipated doing work for a variety of San […]
Helping SBCS and its partners tell the story of San Diego’s Unaccompanied Child Migrant Shelter
In March 2021, Intesa’s long-time client, SBCS, was asked by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services to lead the stand-up and day-to-day management of the San Diego Convention Center that would, in a matter of days, go from empty halls to a full-service, human-first migrant shelter. SBCS was tapped to care for thousands […]
After 20-year battle, Intesa helps Hillel of San Diego commemorate its new Jewish Center at UC San Diego groundbreaking event and reframe public narrative
September 2021, Hillel of San Diego (Hillel) commemorated a milestone more than two decades in the making and broke ground on the Beverly and Joseph Glickman Hillel Center adjacent to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). After experiencing years of legal battles and community opposition, Hillel needed a partner to help them reframe the […]
Intesa Communications Group Expands Government Relations Team with Addition of Kenneth Moore
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 10, 2021— Intesa Communications Group, a San Diego-based strategic communications and government relations firm, announces that Kenneth Moore has joined the firm’s government relations team as a Senior Account Manager. Kenneth will support and grow the firm’s Central San Diego-focused government relations practice. “Ken is one of the brightest and most astute […]
San Diego State University | Communications and Storytelling Workshop Series
In April 2021, the leadership of San Diego State University’s Division of Student Affairs + Campus Diversity (SA+CD) invited Margie Newman, founding partner of Intesa Communications Group, to develop and lead a series of communications workshops. The goal was to provide leadership with the tools, confidence, and shared language needed to effectively communicate the Division’s value to the SDSU campus community. Having […]
Intesa’s ‘Seas the Day’ Makes Big Waves
It’s not quite summer yet but, friends, we sure are making a splash together. Thanks to the buzz created by Intesa’s clients, friends, and extended network, our new Seas the Day one-time public relations product has us shoulder-deep in new missions to support. When we were dreaming up Seas the Day, we hoped to attract […]
What a year… reflections one year into the COVID-19 pandemic
It didn’t exactly “peak by April,” did it? One year into the realities of COVID-19, the Intesa team briefly reflects on a few highlights of a year unlike any other… Margie Newman, Founding Partner One week, you’re running a small business and celebrating year-over-year growth; the next, you must reimagine how to lead your people, […]
Intesa executes award-winning earned media strategy for San Diego Parks Foundation’s first executive director
In early February 2021, when Intesa Communications Group was tapped by the San Diego Parks Foundation to formally announce their new executive director, we knew we had a good story on our hands. Katherine Johnston, who most recently served as vice president of Presidio PAG Inc. and as a senior policy and communications advisor to […]
Finding Inspiration to Keep Going… and Giving
Tis’ the season for festive gatherings, when we take a stroll with friends and family down memory (and “candy cane”) lane and make new memories along the way, right? Not so fast. Like most of 2020, the holidays are looking and feeling much different this year. Rather than being able to hang out together, we’re […]